01/01-01/03. Italo-Japanese New Year's buffet at the Westin.

December 26, 2005

Lots of Tokyo restaurants may be closed for the holidays, but the Westin's Terrace restaurant will be in full swing, serving a cross-cultural New Year's buffet with unusual takes on traditional osechi-ryori...

01/18-01/22. Al Sorriso chef at the New Otani.

December 26, 2005

The highly talented chef Luisa Valazza from the Michelin 3-star restaurant Al Sorriso, overlooking Lake d'Orta in the northern Piedmont region, will be taking over the kitchen of the New Otani's Belle...

01/22, 10:30am. French cooking lesson at the Hilton.

December 26, 2005

Chef Andre Bosia of the Hilton's French restaurant Twenty-One will be holding a series of informal lunchtime cooking demonstrations at the restaurant....

01/27-01/28. Opus One and Kobe beef dinner at the Royal Park.

December 26, 2005

Sumida, the teppanyaki restaurant on the 20th floor of the Royal Park Hotel, will be holding a rather luxurious Kobe beef and wine dinner, featuring sirloin and filet steaks, sauteed tilefish and seasonal...

02/15-02/19. Chef Alfonso Iaccarino from Don Alfonso 1890.

December 26, 2005

The chef from the Michelin two-star restaurant Don Alfonso 1890 in Salerno, in southern Italy, will be on hand at the New Otani's Belle Vue restaurant for a five-day visit....

02/26, 2-7pm. Fourth Annual Tokyo Real Ale Festival.

December 26, 2005

The real-ale movement is starting to take off in Japan, with well over a dozen top microbreweries offering some very solid product, although it can be hard to find around town....

New - Daidaiya: Ikebukuro

December 26, 2005

Daidaiya serves up innovative fusion cuisine drawing on Korean, other Asian and Italian influences - their "modern" sushi variations are especially interesting....